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Peak oil scepticism becomes increasingly desperate

Peak oil scepticism becomes increasingly desperate

by Shaun Chamberlin | Jun 9, 2008 | All Posts, Favourite posts, Peak Oil

The old standby argument of the so-called ‘peak oil sceptics’ was that if we really were facing geological limits to oil extraction rates then prices would be rising rapidly. Since prices were relatively stable there was clearly no impending problem. And...

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